Sleepy Hollow vs Wayne

A side-by-side comparison of Sleepy Hollow and Wayne: population, income, housing, and more.

Sleepy Hollow and Wayne are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Sleepy Hollow has the higher population (3,165 vs 2,284 in Wayne). Wayne has the higher median household income ($169,583 vs $147,407 in Sleepy Hollow). Wayne has the higher median home value ($674,000 vs $365,200 in Sleepy Hollow).

Population, income & housing

	Sleepy Hollow	Wayne
Population	3,165	2,284
Median age	48.2 yrs	50.6 yrs
Median household income	$147,407	$169,583
Median home value	$365,200	$674,000
Median gross rent	$1,206	$3,501
Housing units	1,120	904
Homeownership rate	93.6%	94.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.9%	59.5%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sleepy Hollow	Wayne
Population	3,296 → 3,165 (-4.0%)	2,439 → 2,284 (-6.4%)
Median household income	$110,938 → $147,407 (+32.9%)	$134,659 → $169,583 (+25.9%)
Median home value	$305,500 → $365,200 (+19.5%)	$530,100 → $674,000 (+27.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,125 → $1,206 (+7.2%)	$3,500 → $3,501 (+0.0%)

Sleepy Hollow

Population

3,2963,165

Median household income

$110,938$147,407

Median home value

$305,500$365,200

Median gross rent

$1,125$1,206

Wayne

Population

2,4392,284

Median household income

$134,659$169,583

Median home value

$530,100$674,000

Median gross rent

$3,500$3,501

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Sleepy Hollow	Wayne
Under 5	2.7%	6.6%
5 to 17	13.6%	9.9%
18 to 24	10.7%	7.4%
25 to 34	6.6%	8.0%
35 to 44	12.3%	10.6%
45 to 54	15.6%	13.0%
55 to 64	18.0%	22.5%
65 to 74	12.8%	18.5%
75 and over	7.8%	3.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sleepy Hollow	Wayne
White (non-Hispanic)	71.0%	75.6%
Black or African American	2.5%	2.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	11.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	1.8%
Two or more races	2.3%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	22.6%	5.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sleepy Hollow	Wayne
No high school diploma	8.4%	2.2%
High school graduate	18.4%	11.4%
Some college or associate's	26.3%	26.8%
Bachelor's degree	31.2%	29.2%
Graduate or professional degree	15.8%	30.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sleepy Hollow	Wayne
Drove alone	73.2%	78.3%
Carpooled	8.4%	3.3%
Public transit	0.8%	0.8%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.8%	17.2%
Other means	4.7%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sleepy Hollow	Wayne
1-unit, detached	91.3%	97.1%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	1.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Sleepy Hollow	Wayne
Poverty rate	5.0%	2.3%
Average household size	2.83	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	31	24
Median year structure built	1980	1988